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Nigerian security agents enforcing the Coronavirus lockdown in Nigeria have killed more citizens in the last two weeks than the deadly virus, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said. While the disease has so far killed 11 persons in ...

Nigeria businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim, has donated N40m to the Ondo State Government to help combat the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Ibrahim who made the donation in Akure, Ondo State capital, urged Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to involve private hospitals ...

Mercy Aigbe has continued to mourn her younger sister, describing the day she died as the toughest day of her life. While mourning her pretty sister and thanking those who came to pay her a visit despite the lockdown, the ...

Menegian, one of the children of the late environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has died of coronavirus at a London hospital. Menegian was 50 at the time of his death. Sister to the deceased, Noo, made the announcement in a Facebook ...

The Lagos state government has confirmed 18 new cases of COVID-19. This was made known by the state Commissioner for Health today. He said, “18 new cases of #COVID19 Infection were confirmed in Lagos on 15th of April, 2020.” The ...

Australia will keep in place coronavirus restrictions implemented to curb its spread for at least four more weeks. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced this on Thursday. This is despite signs that the country has been successful in slowing infection rates. ...

Smugglers hid cocaine worth more than £1m in a consignment of protective face masks, Border Force officials said. Officers found the 14kg haul in a Polish-registered van as it attempted to enter the UK through the Channel Tunnel. The driver, ...

Residents of different communities in Lagos are now in panic mood after the dreaded One Million Boys wrote letters of their intending robbery operations and demanded that residents should keep money for them or be prepared to lose their hands, ...

The Police in Anambra have confirmed killing of two boys at Nkpor near Onitsha during a protest by irate youth over arrest of some of their members for flouting the lockdown. The incident that recorded two casualties including a 20 ...

Kourtney Kardashian has insisted she didn’t look pregnant in the lingerie picture which sparked rumours she was expecting baby number four. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star, 40, sent fans into meltdown when she shared a sexy snap of ...

Prince Harry says he has been “rolling on floor in hysterics” as he enjoys family time with Meghan Markle and Archie during the coronavirus lockdown. He opened up about the Sussex family’s time in isolation during a video call from ...

Police in Ebonyi State have arrested a 75 years old woman for alleged severe flogging and pouring of hot pepper into the eye and private part of her 11 years old house help. The woman who gave her name as ...

After taking a week off social media to mourn her younger sister, Lizzy Aigbe, the actress has now broken her silence about her great loss. Writing on Instagram, she wrote; ”still feels like a nightmare, but God knows best! It ...

The party of South Korean President Moon Jae-in has won a decisive victory in parliamentary elections, with voters backing the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. South Korea was among the first countries to hold a national vote since the ...

They have been in even closer confines now that they are under lockdown. And Kim Kardashian has revealed her six-year-old daughter North West has been ‘running the house.’ ‘I can’t get away from her. She’s running the house, or so ...

A student working as a sugar baby has more than doubled her income since the coronavirus lockdown began as men cooped up inside pay thousands of pounds to chat with her online. Sherene [not her real name] is plied with ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has expressed his readiness to donate his blood as sample for research in the quest to find a cure to the COVID-19 pandemic. When necessary, he said, his blood could be taken for evaluation ...

Kanye West is officially voting for Donald Trump in November’s Presidential Election. The 42-year-old rapper made the declaration in the May issue of GQ magazine, defiantly stating: ‘We know who I’m voting on… I’m not going to be told by ...

A utility vehicle with registration number KSF 383 XZ on Wednesday crushed a Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) official on duty at Anthony bus stop in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the LAWMA official was carrying out ...

Nigerian music artiste, Douglas Jack Agu aka Runtown has disclosed that he received COVID-19 stimulus payment from the United States. He made the announcement on Thursday morning on his social media, although he did not disclose how much the payment ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded three new cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). After 52 days of not recording a case in the country, WHO confirmed a new case last Friday and 3 fresh ...

A trailer filled with over 50 persons has been turned back by Niger’s Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Matane. The truck had been stopped by security personnel at Gidan Kwano area when they saw people on top of ...

The Management of the St. Joseph hospital, Adazi-Nnukwu, Anambra state has said that nine medical staff of the hospital have been quarantined following their contact with the index case while on admission in the hospital. The hospital said the staff ...

A mum, dad and sister have died from coronavirus in just two weeks leaving a devastated son and brother feeling like someone has “stolen my heart”. After husband and wife Keith, 84, and Jean MacVicar, 82, died a fortnight ago, ...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has spoken from isolation where he is receiving treatment for Coronavirus, saying he is still positive for the virus. The governor also chaired a virtual meeting of the State Executive Council from isolation. El-Rufai, on ...